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A viking ship appears on the horizon, a likeness of Alice Coltrane carved into its bow. Rare birds flock together to sing Francoise Hardy as soul hits. A sunset of blips and bleeps fills the air.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
egisto macchi  laboratori   Favoriting bioritmi  The Roundtable  1971  Vinyl    *   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
herbie hancock/ron carter/tony williams/bobby mcferrin  chan's song ( never said)   Favoriting ost round midnight            0:03:42 (Pop-up)
tonto's expanding head band  riversong   Favoriting zero time            0:08:32 (Pop-up)
emerson kitamura  rock your baby ( featuring mmm)   Favoriting the countryside is great  EM        *   0:15:49 (Pop-up)
brian eno  #2   Favoriting music for airports            0:22:16 (Pop-up)
loma  sundogs   Favoriting loma  sub pop        *   0:30:16 (Pop-up)
 
Jacques dutronc  Amour, Toujours, Tendresse, Caresses …   Favoriting             0:44:52 (Pop-up)
chip wickham  pushed too far   Favoriting la sombra  lovemonk  2016      *   0:47:07 (Pop-up)
east river pipe  she's a real good time   Favoriting east river pipe  sarah records    CD      0:52:35 (Pop-up)
habibi  khodaya   Favoriting cardamom garden double 7"  modern sky usa        *   0:57:19 (Pop-up)
alfred panou & art ensemble of chicago  je suis un savage   Favoriting MOBILISATION GENERALE Protest and Spirit Jazz from FRANCE 1970-1976 v/a  digger's digest          0:59:12 (Pop-up)
Clarence Carter  patches   Favoriting testifyin/patches  kent soul         *   1:05:10 (Pop-up)
zanagoria  Cancrizzante in Ritmo   Favoriting insight modulation  creel pone  1972      *   1:06:16 (Pop-up)
ilyas ahmed  zero for below   Favoriting closer to stranger  mie        *   1:08:51 (Pop-up)
the bid-on  sow   Favoriting sorry puppet  Cinedelic    Vinyl    *   1:12:48 (Pop-up)
sheila  Bang Bang   Favoriting       7"      1:15:09 (Pop-up)
Jacqueline Humbert & David Rosenboom  broke and blue   Favoriting j. jasmine my new music  Unseen Worlds  1978    orig released as j. jasmine'my new music'  *   1:18:22 (Pop-up)
mark van hoen  fruit molecules   Favoriting electronic music(1982-1987)  Wayside & Woodland        *   1:21:12 (Pop-up)
Sandra Bell  at the place   Favoriting Net  drawing room      1992-95  *   1:25:24 (Pop-up)
mind spiders  ice bear   Favoriting furies  dirtnap        *   1:30:13 (Pop-up)
Delta 5  anticipation   Favoriting       7"      1:33:47 (Pop-up)
vernons girls  lover please   Favoriting             1:37:34 (Pop-up)
lio  banana split   Favoriting       7"      1:42:31 (Pop-up)
 
jeri southern  run   Favoriting It's A Scandal! Songs For Soho Blondes v/a            1:51:21 (Pop-up)
richard hayman and his orchestra  Incantation Afro   Favoriting madness the feast of the drum: explorers room 2017 marathon premium  wfmu          1:54:15 (Pop-up)
future pilot aka  tu mera mata   Favoriting secrets from the clockhouse            1:56:59 (Pop-up)
Melody's Echo Chamber  bisou magique   Favoriting melody's echo chamber            2:00:48 (Pop-up)
amy raasch  girls get cold   Favoriting girls get cold  secret latina music        *   2:04:48 (Pop-up)
another sunny day  i'm in love with a girl who doesn't know i exist   Favoriting air balloon road v/a            2:08:20 (Pop-up)
ivie anderson  rocks in my bed   Favoriting i got it bad and that ain't bad!            2:10:11 (Pop-up)
cyrus lee  instr.   Favoriting a quick six months  Greedy Dilettante/          2:13:26 (Pop-up)
renata zeiguer  below   Favoriting old ghost  northern spy        *   2:15:35 (Pop-up)
delvon lamarr organ trio  can i change my mind?   Favoriting close but no cigar            2:19:32 (Pop-up)
the crystals  i love you eddy   Favoriting       7"      2:23:29 (Pop-up)
perlita de huelva  mi almohada   Favoriting Naino! spanish gipsy soul funk disco 1974-1984  adarce        *   2:25:38 (Pop-up)
marco bosco  madeira II (mae terra)   Favoriting Outro Tempo: Electronic and Contemporary Music from Brazil 1978–1992 v/a  music from memory          2:27:56 (Pop-up)
oluko imo  praise jah 12 version   Favoriting praise jah  invisible city  1979      *   2:30:57 (Pop-up)
captain planet feat chico mann  aquacero   Favoriting   wonderwheel recordings    7"      2:36:13 (Pop-up)
Madfilth (Alberto Macario & Mariangela Rodin)  nuclear in   Favoriting Madfilth  cache cache  1979      *   2:41:01 (Pop-up)
krootchey  hot voodoo dub   Favoriting qu'est-ce qu'ila  dark entries  1984      *   2:45:05 (Pop-up)
J.A.M.M.S.  whitney joins the jamms   Favoriting             2:50:39 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 4:32pm
Trouble:

good snowy springness!
  9:02am
exile-on-hicks-st:

Looking fwd to this show. Wake was a bit of a bummer for me...
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TDK60:

Bonjour Disc Jockey Trouble. Like the wintry painting. Don't mind the snow. It'll be hot soon enough...
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Linda Lee:

good morning Trouble! so glad to hear you.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:03am
Adrian in London:

Hello Trouble, hello Troubled minds.
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Linda Lee:

very cool painting.
  9:04am
exile-on-hicks-st:

IOS Appsters like myself miss out. Desktop experience is richer.
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jdaFromCologne:

guten morgen trouble…
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northguineahills:

Just another day w/ Trouble in Paradise....

wait, that didn't go as well as it did in my head, help me out!
  9:09am
Leelee:

@NGH, mine was gonna be, 'came to Wake, got into Trouble'.. so there's that
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TDK60:

Hello Linda, NGH, Adrian. We're here with one of the best DJs.
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Sem:

Hello, Trouble and all here in the midst of the Modern World.
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TDK60:

And Sem up in Nova Scotia.
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MD:

gOOD sNOWY MORNING FREEFORM FIGHTERS..
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:11am
Adrian in London:

@TDK60 Indeed we are. And in accordance with the title of today's show, the novel I am reading is Greatest Hits, by Laura barton; about the life of a (fictional) musician. What's everyone else reading?
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:12am
Trouble:

thanks tdk60, kind of you to say!
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northguineahills:

@Leelee: Much better then mine (this is why I don't brain until at least 11am).
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MD:

@northguineahills:We are living the Dream...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
MD:

you guys know it's just a dream...right???
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Trouble:

i just finished happiness the novel by aminatta forna. set in london, foxes are star players, it was super, didn't want to put it down.
  9:16am
Leelee:

Thanks @ngh; I only managed to brain bc I has the coffee :)
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:16am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Good morning, Trouble and modern people. May sunshine and snowmelt greet you today.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
melinda:

Morning all!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:17am
Adrian in London:

@Trouble That book, about London, isn't out yet… in London!
  9:17am
queems:

i heard this one the other day and it was mind blowing
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mr_mike:

Some Springy snowness. Thanks Trouble for picking me a Rob Weisbrg prize on Sat. @London . Middlemarch. don't tell me how they turn out
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TDK60:

I'm reading To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf.
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themutante:

This song is sooo damn good!
  9:19am
queems:

i have a tab open on my phone so i can try to find a copy of this ep somehow
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northguineahills:

@themutante: Lil' Matty played it Tuesday.
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northguineahills:

and yes, it's sublime.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:20am
Adrian in London:

Clicky star for Rock Your Baby!
@queems Juno in the UK have it on vinyl if you can't find it in the US
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themutante:

Yeah, @northguineahills. That's when I first heard it.
  9:21am
Roger:

I LOVE this.
  9:21am
queems:

thanks adrian!
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themutante:

This would work well with Kid A.
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northguineahills:

Yes, I'm an Enophile!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:22am
Trouble:

today's g**gle doodle honors Katsuko Saruhashi , who was a Japanese geochemist who made some of the first measurements of carbon dioxide levels in seawater and subsequently showed the evidence in seawater and the atmosphere of the dangers of radioactive fallout
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Itzall Ablurr:

Good morning, Trouble and everyone. First rule of book club: talk to everyone about book club. I'm reading Pat Conroy's "The Prince of Tides" and in wonderment at every word. Genius. Nothing short. I miss that guy.
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TDK60:

Oh, this one from Eno; I still have this cassette, it works! Some say ambient is background only, but this is emotional to me.
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themutante:

Lovely blend to this opening set.
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northguineahills:

y mi tambien, TDK60

/my version is on vinyl.
Avatar 9:27am
Linda Lee:

ahhh... the most relaxing recording ever made. thank you Trouble!
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TDK60:

Almost never read novels. Usually non-fiction: politics, history. Reading a Murray Bookchin at the same time.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:28am
Adrian in London:

@TDK60 I think Eno said ambient can be background but also the subject of deep emotional listening, so you've got it right
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29am
melinda:

Great snow music. I recently bought this cd and the guy at the register said he has just listened to it while at an airport and it was quite the experience.
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TDK60:

But, those books y'all mention do sound interesting.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:30am
Ken From Hyde Park:

The doodle for you-dle: www.google.com...
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Linda Lee:

i'm staying at a home with almost no books ~ while my collection sits in storage in various places. ergo rereading Garcia Marquez ".. Cholera." not as surreal as i recall!
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northguineahills:

I think it was 2006ish when they did a live version for the opening of a new terminal at JFK, and Eno was present.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:32am
Trouble:

merci@themutant
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tomasz.:

"Music Theory for Dummies" and "Leningrad: Siege and Symphony". can't read fiction any more, for whatever reason. feels like the world is too urgent for it.
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thriftstoreleather:

good morning everyone! we got some snow yesterday in, Cincinnati...all pretty much melted away now.
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maestroso in Tokyo:

This is a truly lovely set.
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Linda Lee:

that could be the actual reason to read fiction, tomasz. the world is too urgent for it.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:33am
Adrian in London:

@Trouble Have you read A Manual for Cleaning Women, short stories by Lucia Berlin? It's incredibly good. I'm trying to limit myself to one story a day, but it's difficult.
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TDK60:

Oh, it's The Ecology of Freedom--that Bookchin; massive work.
  9:34am
queems:

this is so pretty
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:35am
tallbuildings:

enjoying this post-spring nor'easter set this morning.
  9:35am
Leelee:

Voice reminds me of Margo Timmins from Cowboy Junkies
  9:36am
David in London:

I’m currently reading The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist, about the two hemispheres of the brain. Taxing but utterly fascinating. Would nicely explain /support that Eno concept of what ambient music is doing.
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TDK60:

Good to hear that several folks are still reading books.
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Linda Lee:

experiencing some difficulty with sleep in my temporary digs & just realizing i'm not surrounded by books. ;-)
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northguineahills:

No snow in FL, but i had to take the plants inside. (38F/3C at dawn(
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Linda Lee:

no snow in the central catskllls today. the coast got all the snow.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
steveo:

good morning. beautiful end of that set (i came in late)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39am
MD:

THANK YOU TROUBLE!
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TDK60:

Back to Woolf: Can see how she broke new ground in the 1920s (like Joyce?, etc.) Bringing out the private mind into view.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:40am
officina:

Gorgeous show Trouble...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:41am
BronwynB:

hey trouble and everyone!
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

@Officina-who drew your avatar, I used to know. I think she is a Hungarian artist?
  9:42am
Marc15:

Daniel is traveling tonight on a plane. I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain. Oh, and I can see Daniel waving goodbye. God, it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
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TDK60:

Linda, checked out your remote village on WikiP yesterday. It has a photo of that big mountain near you. 4,ooo ft!
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Sem:

@Adrian, @ 9:11, excuse this late response to your question about reading (head down in spreadsheets whilst listening): David Yaffe's biography of Joni Mitchell. Serious musical scholarship, engaging style.
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Jack:

We got 7" of snow, there's a robin in the driveway and there were just 2 geese at the bird feeder.
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Linda Lee:

lovely Italian there Trouble! perfetto!
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Linda Lee:

@TDK60 ~ so you found us! :-)
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TDK60:

Sem: Bio of Joni, hmmm.
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Jack:

We used to play Tontos Expanding Headband at half speed, 16rpm.
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TDK60:

Well, you mentioned its name yesterday. // Any good tent camping up round there?
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:48am
Vivian:

Trouble, I couldn't find Happiness in our library system. Ended up request Aminatta Forna's 'The Hired Man'. Finished Jeanette Walls ' The Glass Castle' last week, time to pick up another title. WFMU- come for the tunes, stay for the great book suggestions.
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themutante:

Aminatta Forna was born in Bellshill? How exotic!
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Linda Lee:

sure, if you know a landowner. most of the wide open spaces are owned by NYC & NYS, as we're in the watershed & the interest is in suppressing development, to keep city water clean. there's no chemical filtration at all & they'd like to keep it that way. no camping allowed on public lands here, even though we're actually a state park!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:49am
Vivian:

Urgh, requesting, not request. Hope DJ Icepack is Barcelona bound later today!
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:50am
Adrian in London:

I'm trying to go out for lunch but the sounds are gluing me to my chair. Play some Oasis or someting so I can break away in horror please!
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Linda Lee:

@Adrian in London ~ i know that tune better than i'll admit :-D
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:52am
Adrian in London:

God, this Chip Wickham track is LOVELY! Thanks Trouble
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TDK60:

Good enough reason! Watershed. Plenty of camping elsewhere. NY is a big state.
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Linda Lee:

there are public campgrounds, but they're not places you'd necessarily like to hang out. most court cases here in town originate in the camping areas. sad but true.
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northguineahills:

East River Pipe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58am
cccinkc:

I always enjoy tuning in on Tuesday mornings, but your show is exceptionally excellent today, Trouble!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59am
cccinkc:

Thursday mornings, I mean. Ugh.
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TDK60:

Cardamom Garden. Mmm, my fave spice in black tea.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:01am
Ken From Hyde Park:

@Wild Neil - How goes the gluten-free life today?
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:02am
Trouble:

tak and thanks for all your compliments on today's show!
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Lewis:

Patches!
  10:06am
Listener Gregory:

Patches!!
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Lewis:

a real tear-jerker that one!
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TDK60:

That C. Carter was a Hit.
  This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:06am
uıʇsn∀:

a beautiful thursday morning!
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TDK60:

That France '70-'76 V/A looks intriguing; good comp, Trouble?
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bore:

glad to be tuning in trouble, better late than never
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Stashu:

Before I "Google-it" how do I type upside down?!
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melinda:

Great set.
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Stashu:

Thank you for the very nice music and show Trouble!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Trouble and Stashu and melinda and all!
  This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:10am
uıʇsn∀:

i just google-d!
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themutante:

Gorgeous!
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tomasz.:

hey Stash <3
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tomasz.:

hi Trouble also, hi fellow commenters also
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:17am
ifeelfatnsassy:

Oof. This is great.
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 10:17am
βrian:

This is perfect. I dreamed in French last night, apparently to ready myself for Trouble.
  10:18am
sugarplumfairywolf:

Who DIDN'T do a version of Bang Bang?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:18am
steveo:

if i were a french language teacher we'd study this song in class
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 10:19am
βrian:

@sugarplumfairywolf: Moi !
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TDK60:

Bang Bang for US national anthem? Sorry..
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Lewis:

@TDK60 - sometimes the truth hurts...
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themutante:

Ouch! @TDK60
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TDK60:

Trouble: Maybe this was discussed before: What's the origin of your French interest?
  This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:23am
uıʇsn∀:

twin peaks-y!
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themutante:

This is delicious, bordering on too good!
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Itzall Ablurr:

Fruit Molecules is dreamy.
  10:23am
mary:

always reading novels. Just finishing Mann's Dr Faustus. Such wonderful complexity. In between- Eric Bogosian's Operation Nemesis, non fiction- if you really want to understand WW1 I recommend it. And it is not unrelated to Mann's Faustus
Next is Richard Wright's -Pagan Spain. Was supposed to go to Madrid in February to visit friends and practice my espanol. But another time maybe in Nov.
Love your show!!!!
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melinda:

@sugarplumfairywolf I've been thinking that too. I found a 45 of Cher singing it but haven't listened yet. New to me but maybe not others, who knows.
  10:26am
Leelee:

perfect soothing music for watching remote assist trying to fix my work MS Outlook. Far safer, and more pleasant, than xanax and wine :)
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northguineahills:

I think it's been four years since I've read fiction. I usually read non-fiction, music, critical theory, cosmology, linguistics, spatial theories (including urban), and history. I have too much on my queue as it is. (history and music make the majority of my reading).
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

@Linda Lee-what kind of court cases come from campgrounds? My family and I go camping occasionally in the summer.
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Itzall Ablurr:

How's everybody's color recognition today? my donor-heart has become a noirish shade of blue; perhaps "Presidential" or maybe even "Midnight".
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themutante:

Heyzeus Christie, this is the best show I've heard in quite a while.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29am
steveo:

you can turn it maroon by clicking on your Name to follow your profile link. HTH.
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northguineahills:

@Itzall: mine is deep sangria.
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themutante:

Eisbar!!!
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Itzall Ablurr:

I'm enjoying the blue, but thanks!
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Ike:

Here's another one I haven't read yet, but it looks really interesting: www.amazon.com...
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Magda:

Let's see if mine registered.
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steveo:

ok i just hope you're getting enough oxygen
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jdaFromCologne:

didnt know there was an english version. is that for clay and his polar bear story?
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 10:36am
meredith:

<3 <3 Delta 5!! woot
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:36am
Passaic River Blues:

@Ike: that looks pretty interesting. I read Powers' last book "Orfeo" and really enjoyed it. I should investigate further.
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Asheville Jon:

we need another littleMattyWarwick / Trouble show. that was greatly hilarious
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steveo:

library hold placed on Ike's book rec, because Ike has good taste
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Itzall Ablurr:

Dear Ike, just a quick look at that book and it does look interesting. Would you put that in the category of "magical reality"?
  10:40am
chris echo:

These tunes are awesome!!! Nice work dj
  10:41am
chris echo:

Super party good times!
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Ike:

Gosh, thanks @steveo! I may have good taste in book *descriptions* but I rarely get a chance to read the actual books, ha ha. I *did* just finish "Good Guys" by Steven Brust but I'm not sure I'd recommend it. It's a B or B minus. It starts strong but doesn't quite live up to the beginning, or the description.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:43am
steveo:

Haha. OK, I'll just see how it goes :)
  10:44am
chris echo:

'So the clock on the wall is broken' that's the book title.
  10:44am
Brendan:

The clock may be moving , albeit very slow..
Avatar This Is The Modern World with Trouble Marathon 2024 10:44am
βrian:

Blue skies over the isthmus today. No snow to be seen.
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Lewis:

Mira - definitely true of my time in the Dominican neighborhoods of upper Manhattan!
  10:45am
Stephanie:

Trouble, the bird songs are especially nice today in snowy NY. Glad to be listening Live today as I work from home.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:46am
Joe C from Brooklyn In Staten Island:

Trouble, your show is good. Thanks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:46am
steveo:

"digame"="tell me" is how they answer the phone in spain (or just "diga")
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Roberto:

"Dime" (tell me) is a common response in Spanish. It's also how one answers the phone in Spain (dime or digame).
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Lewis:

@ßrian - grey here in the Twin Cities with those lines on the road that indicate the DoT folks are expecting snow...
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Marc15:

I believe that I was a Big Band Leader in a previous life
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Roberto:

Oops steveo beat me to it.
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steveo:

tie goes to the runner
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duke:

"So" - when teaching large classes, I use an online forum-like system. Students would start messages "So, I was trying homework 6 and ...." The "So" used to drive me crazy.
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Roberto:

To be fair, Clarence is probably best known around WFMU for strokin'. However, that Patches song is sincerely heartbreaking.
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TDK60:

Oh, no reason for the French interest, it just is!
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steveo:

"Because it is good."
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Brendan:

The broken clock is still valuable as long as you look at it the two times every day that it is correct.
I’ve tried the same with the supreme leader to no avail.
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Itzall Ablurr:

Please eschew "SO". Listen to very young, inexperienced NPR reporters for a minute or two. They respond to EVERY line of inquiry during the story with the dreaded... SO. It's a mental placeholder akin to "ummm" or "well," but it sounds pretentious to my ears. As if the next words out of their mouths are worthy of laser focus.
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

I deleted my Facebook account and LinkedIn account. China just came out with their social score, which is partly based on online postings. Hope that does not come here, but it could! It might! And people will sign up for it for a $50 gift card to Panera or something, just like we rely on smartphones.
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βrian:

@Lewis: Do they spray de-icer beforehand?
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Asheville Jon:

a broken clock is accurate twice a day......
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Magda:

I don't think we know how to use all the social media apps in a meaningful way to communicate with another. I took a lent break from it, and feel less stressed and annoyed.
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

@Magda-I think Facebook is too much like soundbites. Email is under rated imho.
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ɨkɛ:

@WN, I'm just gonig to lie to Fa(r)cebook and constantly tell it I'm a bank employee who dresses like a chicken and hands out free pens shaped like chickens and puts up the dancing streamer thingies in front of car dealerships and other fake info about myself. Also I give free hugs but then secretly slip bank pens into people's pockets. And I'm a useless spy for Lichtenstein's Ministry of Potatoes.
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Lewis:

@ßrain - yup , that is often my leading indicator. Is Mendota open yet?
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TDK60:

Sorry for any past initial "So"s. Will attempt dropping use of henceforth.
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βrian:

All the lakes are still closed. It's been kind of chilly.
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melinda:

@Itzall I hadn't really given it much thought but you're right.
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themutante:

Sounds like Blonde Redhead.
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tomasz.:

here's a few cool facts about Future Pilot AKA. 1. he lives in Glasgow, home of me. 2. he works, or at least used to as a driving instructor. 3. he was asked to play bass on tour with Kylie Minogue but had to turn it down because he had prior commitments to his driving pupils. 4. the album he did with the Bill Wells Octet is really excellent
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themutante:

Damn, @tomasz. Dropping knowledge!
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Passaic River Blues:

I hope Ms. Prochet is far along the road to recovery. Felt terrible for her last year.
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Itzall Ablurr:

Dear melinda, it's a personal thing but it just seems to be an annoying trend in language, much like "Rilly!" or "Y'know", et al. from the past. It will be with us forever I'm sure. I bonded (as if) with Pseu Braun over this very discussion a few weeks ago! She delivered an enjoyable screed about it on one of her shows and I concurred.
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melinda:

I decided to live on the edge and have some tasty black tea, but 1/2 cup seems to have made me agitated. I remember caffeine making me happy when I was drinking it regularly but maybe I just read the wrong email while consuming.
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Adrian in London:

Good grief, this whole show has been incredible. Thanks, Trouble.
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tomasz.:

in linguistics they're called "discourse markers". they're pretty much a permanent feature, yeah.
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TDK60:

If everyone is in a such hurry today why do folks say, "Right, right, right"? We used to just say it once.
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Trouble:

thanks @adrian!
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βrian:

Tea usually tastes like plain hot water to me, which is too bad. I used to like it. Maybe my triple espressos have incinerated my taste buds.
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melinda:

@itzall I missed that rant. If you felt a bond, that's what matters!
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

@Melinda-i must drink at least 3 cups of coffee a day to feel normal.
By the way, what is happening in campgrounds?
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βrian:

Discourse marker vs dat course marker.
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Magda:

@Wild Neil It's too many options. I think email and text are good standards and need to be synced. Next thing is smoke signals on the roof. That is how we will connect with one another.
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TDK60:

Neil: Campgrounds? In reference to Linda Lee earlier? She didn't elaborate but I assume she means bad behavior.
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Itzall Ablurr:

haha. Yeah, I know melinda that was such a tender moment... I do think she's awesome but wow is she scratchy!
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melinda:

@Neil I used to do that to, but I realized for me the side effects outweighed the benefits eventually, and I'm trying to get to the root of why I'm always groggy.
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Listener Gregory:

Duke!
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melinda:

itzall that's probably why it felt satisfying!
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βrian:

We probably shouldn't even mention tapeworms.
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Itzall Ablurr:

Of course!
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frenchee:

Ivie backed by Duke Ellington & co.? Jazzy!
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TDK60:

Melinda, ever tried yerba mate? If you can get past the bitter taste, not as edgy a feel as the coffee bean drug.
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Mick:

Happy Modern Morning, all. Late entry to the book discussion - in the middle of 3 or 4 books as usual, most recent is David Goodwin's Left Bank of the Hudson, which I learned about on this show. Ursula Le Guin's Left Hand of Darkness is waiting for me at the library.
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

@Melinda-I feel much more normal now that I eschew gluten and dairy with lactose (but still eat cheese and butter). MUCH better. My GI track is now running like a train schedule.
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Itzall Ablurr:

βrian; what's all this about tapewoims?!?
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queems:

i drink decaf everything because caffeine makes my hands shake and then i can’t do my job
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Webhamster Henry:

This has an oddly Van Dyke Parksianiaty about it.
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Itzall Ablurr:

queems, that is SUCH a great straight line.
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queems:

as it is i already burned all the hair off my hand today
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melinda:

@TDK I tried it a while back, the effect was similar to tea, since they both have relaxing constituents. Less edge than coffee, but I'm pretty sensitive. I think if I focus on things that make me happy I'll be ok. I had fired off a response to a group mailing from an online health guy who pissed me off, which is out of character for me so I blamed the tea :D
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TDK60:

Mick: LeGuin one of my fave authors, just left us.
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frenchee:

Speaking about what we're reading and recommending, a reviewer of mine had good things to say about Rachel Ingalls's MRS. CALIBAN, which he said is much like the plot of THE SHAPE OF WATER.
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queems:

@itzall FINALLY someone appreciates my work THANK YOU
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

Renata Zeiguer reminds me of Flying Lizards ("Money" and "Mandalay Song") from 1982. And Renata is a Polish name I think....
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Itzall Ablurr:

Oh that queems! Sorry that I'm still (OK, not sorry) laughing about the hair on your hands. Always funny when it's someone else, right?
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steveo:

@TDK can you recommend a LeGuin? I tried Left Hand of Darkness but couldn't get into it.
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SG:

what a coincidence - I just ordered Old Ghost this morning !!
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queems:

@itzall haha it is funny to me too, once i got past the actual skin burn. and also the smell.
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melinda:

@Neil that's good news about your gluten/dairy free experiment. I avoid them too. I think dramatically reducing sugar helped me the most.
@queems I like good decaf coffee but decaf tea really blows.
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Mick:

TDK60: I was saddened by her passing; this will be the first of her books that I've actually read (or to paraphrase Born Yesterday - I've only read about her, not by her)
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Itzall Ablurr:

Aww. queems I thought you were only kidding. Hope you're alright.
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thedunkel:

thank you trouble for the great sounds this morning!
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Magda:

Yo thedunkel!
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thedunkel:

Yo Magda - GREAT BEER! Thank you!
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queems:

@itzall hahaha no! i am actually serious but honestly it’s barely anything. thanks for your concern!!
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TDK60:

steveo: Hard to say. Her most famous ("Left Hand" and "Dispossessed") are from the '70s. Maybe try "Four Ways To Forgiveness"? 4 short stories on issues like slavery, sexism. Most of her sci-fi books are political. She also wrote fantasy.
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Magda:

You are welcome.
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Itzall Ablurr:

Thanks for the fine show today, Trouble! My shopping list grows with every star.
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Zulnutt:

I've been working through the Earthsea Cycle. Really really enjoyable young adult fantasy literature. The only thing "YA" about it is maybe the accessibility of the language but the content is solid, affirming stuff. Beautifully written and realized worlds.
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sphere:

hello. forgot to sign in today. thanks trouble, great show. i always love how you really put the "free" in freeform!
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steveo:

thanks @TDK; will give that a try (I might have just been having a bad day when tried Left Hand, too. Mick, don't let my review put you off)
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Mick:

What sphere said!
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sphere:

A great place to start with Le Guin is a late-period book called "Changing Planes." It's a standalone book that is an easy read. If you like that, take the deep dive!
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βrian:

No wholesome discourse today, Trouble?
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Mick:

And steveo, I'll definitely approach Left Hand with an open mind. Really looking forward to it!
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themutante:

Helluva set!
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steveo:

nice; i'll also look for that one, sphere.
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TDK60:

I like Left Hand, but read it long ago. A love story within a look at gender.
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Priscilla:

Noice!
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TDK60:

That '80s drum sound.
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tomasz.:

wowwww
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Trouble:

thanks for tuning in everybody! see you next week
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ⓔⓘⓚ:

HAAA! I loved this in the 90s. These guys were also known as the KLF, and also as the Timelords.
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themutante:

Amazing selection, Trubz!
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βrian:

Coming up on the hour:
Dark Night of the Soul, with Julie
(Filling in for Meghan)

wfmu.org...
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Priscilla:

Thanks Trouble!
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Passaic River Blues:

Thank you, Trouble.
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sphere:

The KLF crew are totally into Discordianism, a bunch of weirdos indeed. :)
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TDK60:

Merci Trouble DJ.
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queems:

thank you trouble!
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Mick:

Thanks for the terrific show Trouble!
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Wild Neil||Peace All:

I heard The KLF burned up 1 million dollars.
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tomasz.:

cheers Trouble!
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Rich in Washington:

@Wild Neil: What a way to shed pounds, no?
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ⓔⓘⓚ:

@WN, I think that was a funny rumor they started for publicity. IIRC they actually burned up a bunch of their records (mainly as a PR stunt) which were banned for copyright violations due to illicit sampling (as you can hear in this song). They were early masters of starting crazy rumors for publicity.
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melinda:

@eik this is the same as KLF? They did a number with Tammy Wynette and I've always been curious about the rest of their output.
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tomasz.:

nah, they literally actually burned one million pounds
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Thanks, Trouble!
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melinda:

Thanks Trouble!
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tomasz.:

what you said about them burning the records is also true (the copyright dispute was with ABBA) but that was only a handful of albums. most of them were thrown into the North Sea off a ferry.
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ⓔⓘⓚ:

@tomasz, *seriously*??? @melinda, yep same awesome jokers
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ⓔⓘⓚ:

ROTFL, I hadn't heard about the ferry
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βrian:

Thanks, Trouble.
Maybe next week on the commentary? — Just to remind some of us that we ain't crazy.
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tomasz.:

i would recommend Bill Drummond's book "45", easily one of the best music books i've ever read
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steveo:

thanks trouble!
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Adrian in London:

Thanks, great show!
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jp:

listening to this after the fact.. one of the best shows I have heard in 20 some years!
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